BPOA 06, 1162 (P290858)

Administrative tag excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 00581

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

47.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. kiszib3 dab?-ba
 en: sealed documents of conveyance of
3. a-du ugula usz-bar
 en: Adu, foreman of weavers,
4. mu ma2 {d}en-ki u3
 en: year: “The barge of Enki” and
5. mu si-ma-num2{ki}
 en: year: “Simanum,”
reverse
1. i3-gal2
 en: are here.

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P290858

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions 47.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 22.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 00581
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 075178
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003552
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.581

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 1162

    [Sigrist2009BPOA6] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2009. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Tablets from the Yale Babylonian Collection. Part One. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 6. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 033, NBC 00581

    [Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2020-06-10 at 19:12:28 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2017-09-28 at 07:37:44 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-12-15 at 17:01:49 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:23 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:48:33 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:22:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Ditchey, Mallory; Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 1162 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290858.
BPOA 06, 1162 artifact entry (No. P290858). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290858 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1162 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290858 (Accessed: May 17, 2026).
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	title = {BPOA 06, 1162 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290858},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290858},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 1162 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290858.
BPOA 06, 1162 artifact entry (No. P290858). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290858 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1162 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290858 (Accessed: May 17, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1162 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290858},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290858},
}


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PY  - 2023
ID  - P290858
LB  - CDLI:P290858
M1  - 2026/5/17/
TI  - BPOA 06, 1162 artifact entry
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